Practice
Pre-Intermediate level
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide gist listening practice using a text about living with your parents in the context of families
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide fluency speaking practice in a Discussion in the context of families
Procedure (40-40 minutes)
Instructions: Take a couple minutes to write a few sentences on when you left home and where you went. Why did you go? For whom? ICQs: Are we going to be writing about living with our parents? no. Are we going to be writing about what happened after you decided to move out of your home? yes. Task: Students talk in pairs Pair Check: NA Feedback: nominate one member from each pair will share information about when their partners left home.
Convey meaning: what do you call your brothers and sisters Elicit word: your siblings Check meaning:are these your cousins? are these you mothers or fathers? Model and CIC drill: Board word: Siblings Elicit syllables and stress: Highlight sounds: 1 Elicit form: noun
Instructions: listen to a story. decide if this is a normal situation. ICQs: do you have to listen to every word? no. do yo want an overall understanding of the text? yes. Task: Students listen and answer questions Pair Check: Feedback:
Instructions: Listen to the text again. Answer each question with true or false. Correct the false questions ICQs: Do you need to write long answers? no. Do you need to answer true or false? yes Task: listen to the text in detail Pair Check: Feedback:
Instructions: Work in groups of three. Discuss how things are different in your home countries. ICQs: How long will you have to talk? Task: talk with partners Pair Check: Feedback: WCFB